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Wednesday, April 06, 2011

Happy 12 Year Old

The last two days have been very busy day for me. I made an Oreo cake, prepared for my Easter activity day lesson, worked on birthday decorations for little sissy's party, made cupcakes for the activity day girls, and went to Marius' movie documentary at BYU last night. I will blog more later on that amazing event.

Anyway, as for my oldest daughter's birthday, I made an adorable purse card for my pre-teen and filled it with cash for her to go on a shopping spree. She is looking forward to spending her money at the mall and savers this weekend. We also make her a candy bar poster! I gave her some gummy fast food, ice cream, and some eye shadow and lip gloss. Since she is getting older, she is getting harder to shop for these days. She loves make-up, clothes, music, jewellery, lip gloss, etc. I recall last year she was excited to get a Barbie doll or stuffed animal. I'm afraid those days of wanting toys are officially over now. I don't dare to buy her any shirts or jeans without her trying things on because she is getting very picky with the trendy teenager styles. Grrrr! Anyway, my brother gave her cash which is definitely a safe birthday present for her since she loves shopping!! He is a great uncle spoiling her and knows what a pre-teen girl wants!!

Candy Bar Poster

John came up with the wording and I taped it on the poster board....It said the following:

To our Auddie, Even though life has some SOUR PATCHES, you need to know we love you! Be TWIX growing older and TRIDENTing to become a teenager. We hope this year POP ROCKS for you!!! Happy Birthday Big Sister!!! 12 oh my gosh! No boys allowed! 7th grade here she comes!

Big Sissy had a great day! Some of her friends at school gave her some fun birthday gifts (socks, chocolate, and soar patch kids)!

On the doorstep last night, we found a birthday surprise from the 11 year old girl next door neighbor! Inside the gift bag contained a shirt, orange flip flops, a monkey blanket, Twix candy bar, and a card with $10.00! Wow, she felt so much love from all the many friends, neighbors, and family members that wished her a happy birthday!

Fold the paper in half. Place the shorter width end of pattern in the middle of the paper near the folded edge. Cut out the pattern with the paper. Place the purse flap on another piece of paper and cut around it out with the pattern. You can trace it but my paper was to thick to trace them so I just cut around the patterns carefully. Next put foam adhesive on the back of the flap and attach it to the bottom of the purse. As for the flower embellishment, I folded the petals in the middle to add more character to the flower. With the glue gun, glue the acrylic gem in the middle of the flower and use foam adhesive for sticking the flower on the purse. For the purse strap, I used some ribbon which I hot glued neatly inside the folded piece of the card. Then I tied two smaller ribbons on both sides of the straps on the bottom near the purse.

Since my oldest daughter absolutely loves Oreo ice cream, I thought it would be fun to make her a double layered Oreo cake. I was inspired by Shabby Blog's Oreo Cake recipe but I did an easier method. It was delicious!

My Favorite Quotes

"Possibly the hardest guidelines for us to follow are those we set for ourselves. To analyze our fears, our dreams, our goals, our motives, can be soul-wrenching...We may find that we fear failure so much that we won't take a risk. Often our self-esteem is bruised by criticism...There is anatural, and probably a mortal, tendency to compare ourselves with others. Unfortunately, when we make these comparisons, we tend to compare our weakest attributes with someone Else's strongest... I am also convinced of the fact that the speed with which we head along the straight and narrow path isn't as important as the direction in which we are traveling." -Marvin J. Ashton

"If you are still in the process of raising children, be aware that the tiny fingerprints that show up on almost every newly cleaned surface, the toys scattered about the house, the piles and piles of laundry to be tackled will disappear all too soon and that you will — to your surprise — miss them profoundly."

"Cultivate an attitude of happiness. Cultivate a spirit of optimism. Walk with faith, rejoicing in the beauties of nature, in the goodness of those you love, in the testimony which you carry in your heart concerning things divine." Gordon B. Hinckley

“Often the deep valleys of our PRESENT will be UNDERSTOOD only by LOOKING BACK on them from the mountains of our FUTURE experience. Often we can’t see the LORD’S HAND in our lives until long after the trials have passed. Often the most difficult times of our lives are ESSENTIAL building blocks that form the FOUNDATION of our CHARACTER and pave the way to FUTURE opportunity, understanding, and happiness." -

Dieter F. Uchtdorf

“The best way to make your dreams come true is to wake up.”

- PAUL VALERY

"In all living, have much FUN and LAUGHTER. Life is to be ENJOYED not just endured." ~Gordon B. Hinckley

"Dare to live the life you have dreamed for yourself. Go forward and make your dreams come true."--RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"I'd give up chocolate, but I am not a quitter!" ---Author Unknown

“The world is a book and those who do not travel read only a page”

- ST. AUGUSTINE

"Hope is a leg of a 3-legged stool with Faith and Charity." — Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"None of us will become perfect in a day or a month or a year. We will not accomplish it in lifetime, but we can begin now, starting with our more obvious weaknesses and gradually converting them to strengths as we go forward with our lives. this quest may be a long one: in fact, it will be lifelong. It may be fraught with many mistakes, with falling down and getting back up again. And it will take much effort. But we must not sell ourselves short. We must make a little extra effort. We would be wise to kneel before our God in supplication. He will help us. He will bless us. He will comfort and sustain us. He will help us to do more, and be more, than we can ever accomplish or be on our own." -Gordon B. Hinckley

“Families are like fudge… Mostly sweet, with a few nuts”

---Author Unknown

"As you take the normal opportunities of your daily life and create something of beauty and helpfulness, you improve not only the world around you but also the world within you." Dieter F. Uchtdorf

"Try a little harder to be a little BETTER." ~ Gordon B. Hinckley

"Always do what you are afraid to do."-- RALPH WALDO EMERSON

"Hope is faith holding out its hand in the dark." -George Lles

"Love is a canvas furnished by nature and embroidered by imagination." -- VOLTAIRE

"You have not failed until you quit trying." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today."- James Dean

"You can't depend on your eyes when your imagination is out of focus."-- MARK TWAIN

"I know God will not give me more than I can bear, I just wish He didn't trust me so much." -Mother Teresa

"Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don't matter, and those who matter don't mind."- Dr. Seuss

"Whether you think you can, or think you can't, you're right."

-- HENRY FORD

"The more that you read, the more things you will know. The more you learn, the more places you'll go."— Dr. Seuss

"To the world you might be one person, but to one person you might be the world"-- UNKNOWN

"Mediocricy will never do. You are capable of something better." Gorden B. Hinckley

"Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear and the blind can read."--MARK TWAIN

"He who has nothing to die for has nothing to live for."

- Moroccan Proverb

"Go out into the world today and love the people you meet. Let your presence light new light in the hearts of people."-- MOTHER TERESA

"Success is not final, failure is not fatal: it is the courage to continue that counts." - Winston Churchill

"If Life Gets Too Hard To Stand, Kneel." -Gorden B. Hinckley

My favorite quote from Lord of the Rings:

“Frodo: I wish the ring had never come to me. I wish none of this had happened. Gandalf: So do all who live to see such times, but that is not for them to decide. All we have to decide is what to do with the time that is given us.”

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I... I took the one less traveled by, and that has made all the difference." -- ROBERT FROST

"Stop seeking out the storms and enjoy more fully the sunlight." -Gordon B. Hinckley

"For everyone who thought I couldn’t do it. For everyone who thought I shouldn’t do it. For everyone who said, ‘It’s impossible.’ See you at the finish line."--From the sign on the wall of the late Christopher Reeve's exercise room where he did his daily physical therapy after being paralyzed from the neck down in a horse riding accident.

"I would like to suggest to you that you ‘grab life by the horns’ and do not let life grab you by the horns. You take control of your lives. … Do not let life control you. … Take charge. Rise to the divinity that is within you." - Gorden B. Hinckley

"Twenty years from now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn't do than by the ones you did do. So throw off the bowlines. Sail away from the safe harbour. Catch the trade winds in your sails. Explore.Dream. Discover"-- MARK TWAIN